Legal Opinion
In Re Twenty-Four ThouSand Dollars ($24,000) in United States Currency
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided November 29, 2007No. 1 CA-CV 07-0256PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHNSEN, Judge.
¶ 1 The State of Arizona appeals the superior court’s order dismissing, for lack of probable cause, an Application for Order of Forfeiture of $24,000 in cash that authorities interdicted at a Phoenix shipping company. Because the State offered sufficient facts that, taken together, constituted probable cause to link the cash to the sale of illegal drugs, we reverse the superior court’s denial of the State’s forfeiture application and remand for further proceedings.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2 A Maricopa County Sheriffs Office “parcel interdiction team” was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Illinois v. CaballesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- United States v. Funds in the Amount of Thirty Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($30,670.00), Antonio Calhoun, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. U.S. Currency, $30,060.00, Albert Joseph Alexander, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Otha Dennis and James Brown, A/K/A Donald Ray WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by14 opinions
- STATE, EX REL. HORNE v. CamposCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2011
- In Re U.S. Currency in the Amount of $2,390Court of Appeals of Arizona · 2012
- State v. Western Union Financial Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 2008
- In Re $70,070 in U.S. CurrencyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2014
- State ex rel. Horne v. AnthonyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2013
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